[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/plucked/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / plucked # plucked verb (past and past participle of «pluck»: pluck, plucks, plucked, plucking); adjective (plucked) «plucked» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Plucked means pulled off or picked with the fingers, as in plucked flowers or fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#m1) 2. Plucked means having had the feathers pulled out, as in a plucked chicken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#m2) 3. Plucked means played by pulling and letting go of the strings, as on a guitar or harp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#m3) 4. Plucked can mean pulled quickly out of somewhere, as in «plucked from the sea» by a rescuer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#m4) 5. If someone plucked up courage, they made themselves brave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#m5) ### In the lessons In music lessons, plucked string instruments (guitar, harp, ukulele) are compared with bowed ones (violin, cello). In stories, «plucked up the courage» shows a nervous character being brave. In news, a helicopter crew «plucked» people from a flood. Phrases: «plucked up courage», «plucked from obscurity», «plucked eyebrows», «plucked a string». ### Examples - She plucked an apple from the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#x1) - Finally, Tom plucked up the courage to ask for help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#x2) - The harpist plucked the strings gently. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#x3) - The farmer plucked the chicken before cooking it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#x4) - A lifeboat crew plucked the fisherman from the waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#x5) - He plucked a number out of thin air as a guess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#x6) - The guitar's plucked notes echoed round the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#x7) - They had plucked out all their feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/#x8) ### Note Regular past form of «pluck». «Pluck» as a noun also means courage (she showed pluck); «plucky» means brave. Do not confuse with «plugged». ## In Jewish tradition Plucked means pulled off or out. In Job and Proverbs, being plucked up means being torn out and removed, like the wicked from the land or a tent-cord pulled loose. **Interpretation.** Tradition reads the fresh olive leaf as a sign of hope and also bitterness, a dove bringing peace after the Flood. The wicked being plucked up from the land is read as the end of those who turn from justice. ### Examples - And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. (Torah GEN.8.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x1) - Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? (Writings JOB.4.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x2) - And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth. (Writings JOB.29.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x3) - But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it. (Writings PRO.2.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x4) ### Note Regular past form of «pluck». «Pluck» as a noun also means courage (she showed pluck); «plucky» means brave. Do not confuse with «plugged». ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «plucked» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plucked/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«plucked» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/plucked.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «plucked» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«plucked» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/plucked.html) on Mova free.